Today, February 7, 2009, is supposed to be the day when the story of Macross, that great mecha and musical anime that started a lot of trends in modern and contemporary anime, truly begins.

According to the story of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, February 7, 2009 is supposed to be the day of the SDF-1 Macross’ launch celebrations on South Ataria Island, a fictional island somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Today is supposed to be the day that Hikaru Ichijoe, a young, brash stunt pilot, arrives on the island at his best friend’s invitation, and crosses paths with Lynn Minmay, a young and beautiful Chinese girl living on the island with her dreams of stardom, and Misa Hayase, the taciturn young UN Spacy officer who strives to make her career work.

Today is also supposed to be the day when the Zentraedi, a race of giant humanoids, arrives on Earthspace to capture the SDF-1 Macross, and start an instellar war that engulfs the Humans of Earth.

Today is supposed to be the beginning of an epic adventure in space, when two races, similar and different, come to terms with their conflict and discover a joint destiny bound by the power of culture and music, hands held together by magical voice of a beautiful songstress…

So if you happen to look up to the sky and dream the dream of Macross today, remember how significant this day is to your life and to the history of anime as well. Who knows – you might be able to see a gigantic battlepod drop from the sky, with human jet planes transforming into technoknights out to defend the Earth, in front of the massive space battleship carrying the honored name of Macross, flying to save the Earth, and fulfill its destiny.